Traders like to badge themselves either a technical analysis trader or a fundamental analysis trader and they usually both mock each other but I like to do both. I would not enter any long term stock trade using technical analysis without knowing some basic fundamentals. This has saved my bacon a number of times over the years and stopped me entering bad trades.

How do you get started in trading and what should you be aware of, there are so many people out there ready to charge you thousands to get their products which do not have a very high success rate. Find out what you need and don't get sucked in to losing all your money before you even start.

If you are struggling in trading maybe it's your subconscious letting you down. So many traders buy every trading course and trading software they can find and still don't make money. This is because they overlook the biggest factor, Themselves! Maybe you have a lot of stress or you believe making money should be hard or so many people have told you that you will never make money trading. It's very common. It's happened to me first hand. There are some really simple ways to fix this.

Over the years the trading industry has changed massively and trading systems have been sold to the masses promising financial freedom and riches beyond your wildest dreams, but are they what they are cracked up to be?

Stop Losses are something that can protect your trading accounts greatly, though in recent years I have seen them misused greatly which can really hinder your trading and chip away at your accounts. You need to be putting them so far away from your entry that they are only there to protect your account in the event of a collapse.

It's easy to get sucked into the dream of becoming a trader with financial freedom and no job, but becoming a day trader may not be the way forward for many of you. You need a lot of time, money and discipline to achieve this and there are a lot easier ways if you want to have freedom each day.

I was in a normal 9-5 in 2007 and after the credit crunch hit I had to find a way to make some extra money. Find out how I totally quit my 9-5 to become a full time trader.